[Discuss] GCT 6.2.20240202 released

[Frank Scheiner]

Dear community,

the GridCF is pleased to announce a new release of the GCT: GCT version 
6.2.20240202 is a maintenance release and includes all changes since the 
last maintenance release in June 2022.

# GCT 6.2.20240202 (maintenance release) #

## Changes ##

globus-gridftp-server 13.25:
* Fix buffer overflow in test (#205)

globus_gsi_cert_utils 10.11:
* Replace make_time function to work after 2050 (#208, #209)

globus_gsi_credential 8.4:
* Replace make_time function to work after 2050 (#208, #209)

myproxy 6.2.16:
* Avoid calling the undeclared exit function in configure (#211)
* Fix compilation errors from stricter type checking (#222)

globus-common 18.14:
* Remove register qualifier that is incompatible with C++ 17 (#213)

globus-rsl 11.4:
* Make library linking survive -Wl,--as-needed (#217)

globus_gsi_sysconfig 9.6:
* Remove extra comma (#204, #218)

globus-gass-copy 10.13:
* Detect checksum calculation errors due to file read errors (#215, #216)

gsi-openssh 9.3p1c:
* Add missing header file in kexgexc.c and remove it from kexgex.c 
(#207, #210)
* Include GSI-OpenSSH 9.3p1 w/HPN 15.2 from Fedora 39 (#221)

## Removals ##

myproxy-oauth (#201)

## News ##

### GSI-OpenSSH ###

This version of the GCT includes GSI-OpenSSH 9.3p1 w/HPN 15.2 from 
Fedora 39 in its sources. Downstream the versions of the respective 
distributions are available. For Debian, GSI-OpenSSH packages based on 
the OpenSSH packages of Debian 11 are available from [the openSUSE Build 
Service](https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/frank_scheiner:/gct-extras-for-debian-11/Debian_11/)) 
instead.

**Usage is as follows:**

GSI-OpenSSH w/HPN packages for Debian GNU/Linux 11 based on OpenSSH 
8.4p1 are now  available from the openSUSE Build Service:

https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/home:frank_scheiner:gsi-openssh-debian-11/gsi-openssh

Repo:
https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/frank_scheiner:/gct-extras-for-debian-11/Debian_11/

Follow [these 
instructions](https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:Build_Service_Debian_builds#Adding_the_repository_to_the_sources_list) 
with [the needed signing 
key](https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/frank_scheiner:/gct-extras-for-debian-11/Debian_11/Release.key) 
to allow installations from this repository.

### Build coverage ###

Since the last maintenance release we also extended our build coverage 
to Rocky Linux 9 and also enabled test builds for `arm64` in addition to 
`ppc64le` (both on [Travis 
CI](https://app.travis-ci.com/github/gridcf/gct?serverType=git)) and 
`x86_64`. With the expected end of life date for CentOS 7 and Scientific 
Linux (SL) 7 on 2024-06-30 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 going 
into extended life cycle support at the same time, this version of the 
GCT will also be the last version with support for CentOS 7, SL 7 and 
RHEL 7. Please switch to some newer release or alternative distribution.

## Commits ##

https://github.com/gridcf/gct/compare/v6.2.20220524...v6.2.20240202

## Documentation ##

- Release: https://gridcf.org/gct-docs/latest/index.html
- API: https://gridcf.org/gct-docs/api/latest/index.html

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**Corresponding CI build**

https://github.com/gridcf/gct/actions/runs/7754649274

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**Download URL for GCT full source tarball (i.e. Source Installer):**

https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/gct-6.2.1705709074.tar.gz

**SHA512 hash of tarball:**

`dc875263f8dec756e99157be94f2671312ee8321378684c4e34fe4d9f9488b8599702154b03be11d80647305e8438d6369d0630a5ae57564d42fecf82d824e5e`

**NOTICE:** Singular source tarballs of GCT components can be found on 
https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/. New tarballs for this release are 
dated 2024-02-02 and also listed here:

* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/globus_common-18.14.tar.gz
* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/globus_gass_copy-10.13.tar.gz
* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/globus_gridftp_server-13.25.tar.gz
* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/globus_gsi_cert_utils-10.11.tar.gz
* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/globus_gsi_credential-8.4.tar.gz
* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/globus_gsi_sysconfig-9.6.tar.gz
* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/globus_rsl-11.4.tar.gz
* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/gsi-openssh-9.3p1c.tar.gz
* https://repo.gridcf.org/gct6/sources/myproxy-6.2.16.tar.gz

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**Packages are available from:**

* [Debian](https://www.debian.org/) (for Debian unstable (Sid), 
excluding gsi-openssh)
* [EPEL](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL) (for Red Hat Enterprise 
Linux 7, 8 and 9 and CentOS 7, CentOS Stream 8 and 9, RockyLinux 8 and 9 
and Scientific Linux 7)
* [Fedora](https://fedoraproject.org/) (for Fedora 38, 39 and 40)
* [openSUSE Build 
Service](https://build.opensuse.org/project/show/home:frank_scheiner:gct) 
(for SLES 12 (SP5), 15 (SP2), 15 (SP3) and OpenSUSE Leap 15.4 and 15.5)

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All details about this release can also be found on the corresponding 
GitHub releases page ([1])

[1]: https://github.com/gridcf/gct/releases/tag/v6.2.20240202

Best regards,
The GridCF


-- 
Frank Scheiner

High Performance Computing Center Stuttgart (HLRS)
Department Project User Management & Accounting

Email: scheiner at hlrs.de
Phone: +49 711 685 68039
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